Doctors Making a Difference

Dr Cathy Clelland

The patient journey toward better care for prostate cancer

October 6, 2020

After a review of existing primary care guidelines for some of the more common cancers, such as breast and colorectal cancer, Dr Cathy Clelland, BC Cancer Primary Care Program Medical Director saw a gap in primary care guidelines for prostate cancer. The guidelines are meant to curate best...
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Prostate Cancer, Primary Care Guidelines
Dr Carol Ward

Dr Carol Ward – Geriatric psychiatry and the power of stories

August 12, 2020

As a first year medical student at Queen’s University, Dr Carol Ward’s interaction with an elderly patient named Anna shaped the way she practices geriatric psychiatry.

“I have a very visual memory,” Dr Ward said, thinking back to that day more than 30 years ago when she went on her first...
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Geriatrics, Specialist Services Committee
Doctors Making a Difference Dr Kathy Lee

Dr Kathy Lee - A cracked waterpipe and one physician’s journey to effect change

June 24, 2020

Dr Kathy Lee remembers the exact moment when she decided to work from the inside out to improve the health care system for physicians as well as for patients.

Eight years ago, on the morning of a scheduled surgery, a waterpipe burst at Surrey Memorial Hospital, flooding operating rooms. ...
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SSC, advocacy
Gbolahan "GB" Olarewaju

Black Medical Students in Canada: One student’s journey to break down barriers

June 3, 2020

Gbolahan “GB" Olarewaju’s journey to medical school has been full of many twists and turns, joys and disappointments—enough for most lifetimes.

GB had almost given up his dream of becoming a doctor when he was finally accepted into UBC’s Medical School. But the transition wasn’t easy. “I’...
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diversity and inclusion, medical students
Dr Matthew Kwok

Dr Matthew Kwok – helping health care providers and patients use the same language in the ER

May 29, 2020

For most people, a visit to the Emergency Room is stressful. Imagine how much more stress you would feel if you don’t speak the language of your health care providers. That is the ongoing challenge at Richmond Hospital’s ER, where over 50% of patients speak mainly Mandarin or Cantonese and...
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Physician Quality Improvement (PQI), Specialist Services Committee